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president obama has been briefed regularly throughout the day. and overnight. as the situation was developing. of course we have heard from the president, multiple times this week on monday. again on tuesday, we heard from him at that interfaith service yesterday in boston. will we hear from him again today? we don't know at this point. the white house doesn't have anything on his schedule to that effect. but he is clearly monitoring the situation quite closely concerned about the developments that are under way in boston. alex? >> thank you, kristen for the update. we certainly will be talking more about the implications here in terms of foreign policy and possibly national security and how the white house responds in the coming days. first before we do that, i want to play some sound from dzhokah tsarnaev's uncle who came and spoke to the press earlier this morning, talking about check nia, the checken identity in the united states, let's play a little of that sound. >> hatred to those who were able to settle themselves. these are the only reasons i can imagi
president obama has been briefed regularly throughout the day. and overnight. as the situation was developing. of course we have heard from the president, multiple times this week on monday. again on tuesday, we heard from him at that interfaith service yesterday in boston. will we hear from him again today? we don't know at this point. the white house doesn't have anything on his schedule to that effect. but he is clearly monitoring the situation quite closely concerned about the developments...
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martinez wounded in the boston marathon on monday received a special visit from first lady, michelle obama. he came to aaron hern's bedside yesterday. his mother says he has taken a huge step forward in his progress, having all tubes removed and being able to sit up and talk >>> plans for extra security at tonight's giants game. they are ramping up the security effort at at&t park for the next six home games. the giants say plans should plan to arrive extra early to get through security checks at the entrance. >>> a teenage boy accused of shooting and killing an off-duty san jose paramedic will be formally charmed as an adult. prosecutors say 16-year-old burton was a triggerman. they have been charged in juvenile court in connection with the killing. >>> "today in the bay" bob redell has the latest on the boston marathon suspect hunt. what have you learned? >> we are getting a better idea of the one brother still alive, the suspect. the a.p. has interviewed the father. i know you guys are mentioning this before. he calls his son a true angel. a classmate from high school was interviewed. s
martinez wounded in the boston marathon on monday received a special visit from first lady, michelle obama. he came to aaron hern's bedside yesterday. his mother says he has taken a huge step forward in his progress, having all tubes removed and being able to sit up and talk >>> plans for extra security at tonight's giants game. they are ramping up the security effort at at&t park for the next six home games. the giants say plans should plan to arrive extra early to get through...
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that news comes as aaron hern, received a special visit at the hospital from first lady, michelle obama. here is the proof. the hern family released this. she brought replicas of bo. the family says he has had all tubes removed and is able to sit up and talk. he was at the finish line waiting for his mother, who was running the marathon, when the bombs went off. >>> we're going to have a lot more coming up this morning. we are continuing to follow the breaking news out of boston this morning. they are really beefing up security there. more ahead. >>> breaking news. the city on edge after a search for the men responsible for the boston bombings. one has been shot and the other is on the run. >>> i'm laura garcia cannon. this is a story that's been changing all night long. at 10:30 last night, a 7-eleven in cambridge was robbed, an officer shot and killed on the m.i.t. campus. a carjacking of a mercedes suv was reported as well in cambridge. police spotted that suv in watertown leading to a chase and a shootout. during the shootout, the man believed to be suspect number one with the black
that news comes as aaron hern, received a special visit at the hospital from first lady, michelle obama. here is the proof. the hern family released this. she brought replicas of bo. the family says he has had all tubes removed and is able to sit up and talk. he was at the finish line waiting for his mother, who was running the marathon, when the bombs went off. >>> we're going to have a lot more coming up this morning. we are continuing to follow the breaking news out of boston this...
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the question is will we hear from carney and president obama. we don't have the answer to those questions at had point in time. and i can tell you that the white house is being very careful about responding to these developments because they are evolving and changing before our eyes. so before the president or anyone from his team comes out and makes any remarks about this, they want to be absolutely sure they understand the situation and what is happening. just a little thing, i can tell you that ever since monday pennsylvania avenue has been closed off to foot traffic. it's always closed off to vehicular traffic. that has been the case since september 11th. the secret service that is out of an abundance of caution, but the district of columbia on heightened alert. >> kristen welker on the north lawn of the white house. the vehicular traffic actually goes all the way back to the federal building bombing. it was under the clinton administration they decided to block off the road. before we go to a break, briefly don barelli is with me. let's tal
the question is will we hear from carney and president obama. we don't have the answer to those questions at had point in time. and i can tell you that the white house is being very careful about responding to these developments because they are evolving and changing before our eyes. so before the president or anyone from his team comes out and makes any remarks about this, they want to be absolutely sure they understand the situation and what is happening. just a little thing, i can tell you...
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interests will go up, like we saw in obama package in 2009, a big interest in homeownership, and it rolled back, you will see roll back win arrests g when in, and people paying a lot more, and cheap sale are gone. i would not say a crash but people have to be realistic, housing is not a good investment. last month there was a survey that americans thought were best classes were gold and housing, how has gold gone the last couple of weeks. melissa: that makes sense, so unlike the government to create another bubble some where. thank you, great ideas. >> all right, for today's fuel gauge report. carbon dioxide emissions in u.s. are at lowest levels since 1994, drop is attributed in large part to more electricity made with natural gas, 2005 co2 emissions have fallen 12%, an. an expected increase is due to more regulation implemented. because of environmental disasters. >> there are still 60 people missing in west, texas, after a massive explosion. at the west fertilizer plant wednesday night, 13 people were killed, including first responders, about 200 more injured. we do not want to forget t
interests will go up, like we saw in obama package in 2009, a big interest in homeownership, and it rolled back, you will see roll back win arrests g when in, and people paying a lot more, and cheap sale are gone. i would not say a crash but people have to be realistic, housing is not a good investment. last month there was a survey that americans thought were best classes were gold and housing, how has gold gone the last couple of weeks. melissa: that makes sense, so unlike the government to...
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., has issued a message of condolence to president obama. there's been a national security meeting. the white house says previously scheduled. but there was a gathering of all the top officials around 11:15 this morning. our google hangout plus with secretary kerry was postponed at the last minute today for obvious reasons. secretary kerry is leaving for istanbul for a meeting with president erdogan as he continues with his mission to try to sort out policy and the way forward, in syria, and then going to a nato meeting in brussels. there's a lot of balls in the air right now but principally we have a law enforcement challenge on our hands and it is being from all accounts, it is being handled brilliantly by massachusetts, boston and local, state and local police, all coordinating through governor patrick and other law enforcement officials the massachusetts emergency management team, the federal authorities, and all of course reporting to and coordinated by the fbi. this is the system that was put in place after the worst tragedy america endured, 9/11. after that, we had hearings,
., has issued a message of condolence to president obama. there's been a national security meeting. the white house says previously scheduled. but there was a gathering of all the top officials around 11:15 this morning. our google hangout plus with secretary kerry was postponed at the last minute today for obvious reasons. secretary kerry is leaving for istanbul for a meeting with president erdogan as he continues with his mission to try to sort out policy and the way forward, in syria, and...
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president obama: we will pick ourselves up. we will keep going. we will finish the race. [applause.] >> bill: then what the people of boston and runners everywhere wanted to hear, the president saying, you just wait until next year. peachtree when the socks and patriots are heroes again, the crowds will watch a pair aid go down boylston street and on the third monday in april, the world will return to this great american city to run harder than ever, and to cheer even louder for that 118th boston marathon. >> bill: yes, indeed. again, one suspect dead. the other, at large. police on the hunt in the watertown area of boston. ginger gibson is here from politico with the rest of the "full-court press" team. we will be right back. take your calls at 866-55-press. >> this is "the bill press show." date, staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that
president obama: we will pick ourselves up. we will keep going. we will finish the race. [applause.] >> bill: then what the people of boston and runners everywhere wanted to hear, the president saying, you just wait until next year. peachtree when the socks and patriots are heroes again, the crowds will watch a pair aid go down boylston street and on the third monday in april, the world will return to this great american city to run harder than ever, and to cheer even louder for that...
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. >>> a couple of hours ago members of the obamaness administration toured a warehouse training facility in richmond. it highlighted the relationship between community colleges and employers when it comes to building a strong work force. during the visit the labor department announced more than 474 million dollars in grant money is available to workers for in demand high growth occupations. >> we will bring more jobs to the united states. we will help more entrepreneurs to build homegrown businesss that create even more jobs right here in the east bay and across the united states. >> the warehouse facility is operated by contra costa college, the richmond work force investment board and san pablo economic development corporation. >> a few minor changes to our forecast for today but still have plenty of sunshine, lots of clear skies, a few high clouds paying us a visit right now. here is our camera looking toward the bay bridge. see some of those high clouds in the distance over mt. diablo but still lots of sunshine today and into the weekend. on live storm tracker 2 see the clear skies o
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times that the obama administration of workplace safety. it's gotten progressively worse. >> if i might put that in context. we have to think about what has gone on in washington, d.c. in terms of real attacks on regulatory agencies. >> yeah. >> they're vilified, they're made to be responsible for the fall of our economy. and that's not what happens. and there's no evidence whatsoever to demonstrate that workplace safety regulations by osha make any impact on businesses' ability. and i would argue that a facility like this that blows up not only do you have the devastation of people who have been killed, you have now a lost numbers of jobs and you have a community that's, you know, completely devastated by this disaster. >> yeah, and this is a perfect example of, i mean, i don't -- i cover public life for a living. i don't think very often about who is regulating huge warehouses of nitrates that are sitting there and could blow up. that's someone's job, right? someone's out there doing this. one place is the chemical safety board. they do p
times that the obama administration of workplace safety. it's gotten progressively worse. >> if i might put that in context. we have to think about what has gone on in washington, d.c. in terms of real attacks on regulatory agencies. >> yeah. >> they're vilified, they're made to be responsible for the fall of our economy. and that's not what happens. and there's no evidence whatsoever to demonstrate that workplace safety regulations by osha make any impact on businesses'...
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in the weeks after 9/11 president obama asked me for what could happen next and we predicted that there would be a lot of attacks like this. it's been a decade and it hasn't happened. now, the fbi has stopped a lot of things before it happened, and initiating people in the united states, but i would have expected a lot more to have happened just like this, and i don't know why it hasn't. >> thanks very much. let's go back to brian in watertown who has been told about a possible controlled explosion that may be imminent. >> they're in the course of doing that. it is 2:00 in the afternoon in the east coast and only several hours of daylight left and the more they can do in daylight the happy they are with about it. they're go about to do that to make sure there are no booby traps in there and agens and police officers will go in following these controlled detonations which will essentially put an end to the risk that something would blow sky high, it will blow as best as they cacon ntrol it. >> that's the home in cambridge, massachusetts. we just leard w moments ago that the police arr at
in the weeks after 9/11 president obama asked me for what could happen next and we predicted that there would be a lot of attacks like this. it's been a decade and it hasn't happened. now, the fbi has stopped a lot of things before it happened, and initiating people in the united states, but i would have expected a lot more to have happened just like this, and i don't know why it hasn't. >> thanks very much. let's go back to brian in watertown who has been told about a possible controlled...
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>> that's right, also with president obama. this is the first time that we are seeing the president today at least meet with these top members of his cabinet, undoubtedly going to discuss the situation that is unfolding in boston. the fact that he is meeting with members of his account really highlights the level to which the white house is concerned and engaged in this situation. as we have been reporting, savannah, president obama was briefed on this situation overnight by his homeland security adviser, lisa monnaco, and he just wrapped up in the situation room. he's been briefed on the situation throughout the week but again, right now he's meeting with members of his cabinet and earlier today met with his national security team. so clearly we are seeing a heightened situation in boston and that is reflective at the white house as well. pennsylvania avenue has been closed off to foot traffic ever since this bombing first happened on monday. it continues to be closed off to foot traffic. the secret service saying that is out
>> that's right, also with president obama. this is the first time that we are seeing the president today at least meet with these top members of his cabinet, undoubtedly going to discuss the situation that is unfolding in boston. the fact that he is meeting with members of his account really highlights the level to which the white house is concerned and engaged in this situation. as we have been reporting, savannah, president obama was briefed on this situation overnight by his homeland...
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with government agencies getting around privacy laws it's made it through to the senate but president obama still thought to be wary of selling it off r.t. america producer andrew blake more. op aides for the white house actually said that we will recommend the president veto this legislation sharon said for sharing protection act it's come under a lot of criticism by its opponents because they say that it does more than what the authors say it does now the authors of cispa they say that this bill will lead to businesses private companies google facebook and many internet provider these companies will be encouraged to share information with the federal government that will be used to track down and monitor and curb cyber attacks aimed at the united states computer critics say that it puts too much of americans privacy at risk and that the right safeguards are there people would be sacrificing their privacy for a little bit of security when the bill was introduced back in february i believe one of the areas for the second time representative or one of the authors of the bill he said you know
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russia, that they now have a president who answers to moscow, that vladimir putin spoke to president obama tonight. he has been telling the u.s., you don't understand, this chechen situation, don't tell me about human rights. i need to crack down on these people. >> what do you think the president came back with? >> i think the president -- you have the national security adviser in moscow this week talking to russia about syria and what we want from them. what we want is the intelligence on this family. we want to know about the chechens. we want to know, was this connected to politics or chechen terror. >> or putin has claimed before, perhaps accurately, a connection to al qaeda? >> exactly. let's face it. these could be two kids who have their own aspirational jihadism who have very different personal anger and are dealing with something that isn't chechen. >> we are not pro or anti-chechen. we are not involved. >> this would be the first time a chechen, if this were chechen terrorism, we saw what happened in 2010 when they hit the subways in 2002 with the theater. >> but they have been
russia, that they now have a president who answers to moscow, that vladimir putin spoke to president obama tonight. he has been telling the u.s., you don't understand, this chechen situation, don't tell me about human rights. i need to crack down on these people. >> what do you think the president came back with? >> i think the president -- you have the national security adviser in moscow this week talking to russia about syria and what we want from them. what we want is the...
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>> well, obama met with his security advisers today, and their biggest concern is that it is a foreign threat, that it's not too lone wolfs in the united states that took this under their own, just decided to do it themselves. so what the fbi will be looking at is phone records, e-mail records. they'll be looking at any communications, travel records that had to do with these guys going back and possibly training at a camp in northern africa. the most important thing is the communication records, if they've made phone calls, connecting them to other people that may have been involved in encouraging this act or training them to do this particular act, that's what the fbi's going to be looking for going forward. >> and we don't have anymore information on that right now. we know, though, that the older brother, who is dead, did leave the country for six months. he's been living in america since 2007, but left for six months, and investigators are trying to zero in on whether or not he got terrorism training. are you saying that that terrorism training would have happened elsewhere, outsi
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he got a great visit from probably the world's most famous women, michelle obama. she stopped by the other day to visit aaron and his family to wish them well. aaron and his family were in boston to a rout on and cheer on his mother who is getting very close to the finish line. aaron was moving in that direction when the last one off. he received superficial cuts to his body but the shrapnel went into his leg. that is why they had to rush into surgery immediately. the second surgery on wednesday it looked like everything was ok. this morning he find themselves out of the intensive care unit he probably will be back here sooner than later according to his mother. at first they thought might be seven to 10 days in boston but now maybe sometime next week. the principle was to take at thank everyone out there for their generous donations and their thoughts and prayers. the one to pass this message on to people out there. martinez is coming together to help the family with the funds and if you do not live in martinez and want to help the family they have set up an accou
he got a great visit from probably the world's most famous women, michelle obama. she stopped by the other day to visit aaron and his family to wish them well. aaron and his family were in boston to a rout on and cheer on his mother who is getting very close to the finish line. aaron was moving in that direction when the last one off. he received superficial cuts to his body but the shrapnel went into his leg. that is why they had to rush into surgery immediately. the second surgery on...
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ricin-laced letters has been charged with two firm -- federal counts of letters that were sent to president obama and a senator and a judge. >> pg&e is beaching up security after someone shot up a transformer in san jose. police are on the scene as repairs continue at a substation. someone fired several shots from a high powered rifle into the plant early on tuesday. that led to a wide-spread power outage. at&t phone cables were also vandalized and the phone company is offering a major reward for the vandals at $250,000. >> mass teacher accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy is facing nine years in prison. the 42-year-old will be sentenced next month after pleading no contest to nine counts after sexual relationship with a firm student and was arrested at the high school in livermore back in january. according to the police, the relationship began through the popular smartphone app words with friend and text messages and social immediate ya. >> seven weeks is how long the stanford professor has to find a bone marrow match to fight an aggressive leukemia. we explain why finding a match >> i
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it said vladimir putin sends condolences to president obama following the attacks in boston and condemned the barbaric and said it requires gloenl community effort. that in part from the russian embassy. condolences from vladimir putin. roger cressy still with us as we wait for the briefing to start shortly in a matter of minutes. we were hearing for michelle kosinski. we got a better knowing of who they are and also the statements from those who knew the current 19-year-old. we will go to the "today" show. stand by. let's take a listen. provoked this? >> um, being losers. able to settle themselves as you can imagine. anything else to do with religion and islam is a fraud. it's a fake. i knew them when they were kids. we are muslims and ethnic >> if that happened, most likely. we made their life bringing bread to the table and fixing cars. he didn't have time or chance or anything, an option. he has been working. that's it. no, no, no. i have not been in touch with my brother. i don't know anything about that. no, my family has nothing to do with that family. pardon me? of course. we are
it said vladimir putin sends condolences to president obama following the attacks in boston and condemned the barbaric and said it requires gloenl community effort. that in part from the russian embassy. condolences from vladimir putin. roger cressy still with us as we wait for the briefing to start shortly in a matter of minutes. we were hearing for michelle kosinski. we got a better knowing of who they are and also the statements from those who knew the current 19-year-old. we will go to the...
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comment on this making the point* of the conflict between the narrative that is the essence of that obama foreign policy sir al qaeda or the middle east and a reality on the ground that shows what the general is saying very clearly with the al qaeda of presents whether syria, yemen, north africa, it is growing and strengthening. how do we resolve policy and reality? >> first of all, the first lessons of solving the problem is recognized the we refuse to use the term radical islam they use violent extremist. but added the congressional hearing or any report issued this during government. lou: i have to interrupt we have just learned watertown police law enforcement are now sending of bomb disposal robot into the location of dzhokar tsarnaev who remains immobilized in the boat of the backyard and franklin street. they're sending in the bomb disposal robot and we will keep you apprised but that is the situation. >> and with the remote to robot it would seem they don't fear his condition is in such good condition to interfere with the robot? it seems to me that they think he may be really dow
comment on this making the point* of the conflict between the narrative that is the essence of that obama foreign policy sir al qaeda or the middle east and a reality on the ground that shows what the general is saying very clearly with the al qaeda of presents whether syria, yemen, north africa, it is growing and strengthening. how do we resolve policy and reality? >> first of all, the first lessons of solving the problem is recognized the we refuse to use the term radical islam they use...
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again, president obama up to date overnight, and this morning on what's going on there in boston. in newtown. he will continue to monitor the events there. >> all right, thank you very much, brianna keilar at the white house for us this morning. again, president obama just here yesterday lifting the spirits of boston as part of that memorial service. very different morning as the manhunt for one of the suspects is very much under way. >> to bring you up to speed, there is a manhunt under way for one of the two suspects in the boston marathon terrorist attack. the first suspect was killed overnight in a shoot-out with police officers. it began on the campus of m.i.t. in cambridge, where a police officer has been killed, there was a carjacking and a chase ensued. one of the suspects, the one with the black hat, suspect number one, has been killed. suspect number two is on the loose in watertown, massachusetts. >> could be watertown. >> or the surrounding area. earlier john and i spoke to the doctor, and there also was a press conference at the hospital where suspect number one was t
again, president obama up to date overnight, and this morning on what's going on there in boston. in newtown. he will continue to monitor the events there. >> all right, thank you very much, brianna keilar at the white house for us this morning. again, president obama just here yesterday lifting the spirits of boston as part of that memorial service. very different morning as the manhunt for one of the suspects is very much under way. >> to bring you up to speed, there is a manhunt...
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tells us that right after the attack, president vladimir putin of russia sent a telegram to president obama, our condolences, but also offering russia's assistance in any type of investigation. and today, the father of those two suspects did tell cnn that he was questioned by russian security services and then released. wolf? >> the father being in dagistan, that's actually part of russia. so president putin would be in charge of that whole area. so if he wants to order the father to be questioned by law enforcement, that is easily done in dagistan. >> that's true. and that whole area of chechnya, again, i think it's important to note that that is a very, and has been for years, a very violent area. and one of the suspects did say, if you had come from a place like that, terrorism might not be that important. so i think that's a significant kind of indication of what we're dealing with. >> jill dougherty reporting for us, thanks very much. michael bouchard is joining us now, formerly with the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms in washington, atf. what do you make of the latest developm
tells us that right after the attack, president vladimir putin of russia sent a telegram to president obama, our condolences, but also offering russia's assistance in any type of investigation. and today, the father of those two suspects did tell cnn that he was questioned by russian security services and then released. wolf? >> the father being in dagistan, that's actually part of russia. so president putin would be in charge of that whole area. so if he wants to order the father to be...
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. >> also, we're told by the russian embassy that president putin has reached out to president obama to express his condolences here. and guys, i can tell you that we had a little bit of a suspicious package at the capital visitor center today. very attune d you can assume th high alert is on a super high level. people very carefully watching for unattended bags and the light. you can see a real heightened attention to that and authorities will go out of their way to make sure they get to any potential situation. >> i know they said that you can leave and you are able to drive home but paint the picture for our audience of what it was like to be in an office building in downtown boston today? >> it was bizarre, including the commute in. which really resembled something out of a hitchcock movie where it seemed like every car driving by is a police car. really, the city is a ghost town. if you didn't have to come to work or couldn't, that was one issue. a lot of people chose to close businesses for the day which made a great deal of sense and very supported by the officials. once you g
. >> also, we're told by the russian embassy that president putin has reached out to president obama to express his condolences here. and guys, i can tell you that we had a little bit of a suspicious package at the capital visitor center today. very attune d you can assume th high alert is on a super high level. people very carefully watching for unattended bags and the light. you can see a real heightened attention to that and authorities will go out of their way to make sure they get to...
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this was an act of terror and after the bombings actually happened at the boston marathon president obama on monday though was very hesitant at first to call this such an attack now how do you classify something as a terror attack is it method is it victims is it the perpetrator or is it some combination of these things it is absolutely a combination of all of the things that you have mentioned but primarily would look at the civilian victims first victims in general that is outside the norms of regular conflict and war and that is conducted with extreme violence and collective . punishment versus as a nation for example which is one target but in this case now we are beyond that and you are right to say that president obama was very careful he was advised not to have asked what the facts were going very fast as two bombs have exploded people were killed congress were injured and then more important the perpetrators now the terrorist have engaged in firefight with law enforcement so it has all the hallmarks of a team in this case two brothers who have planned this terror. and planned prob
this was an act of terror and after the bombings actually happened at the boston marathon president obama on monday though was very hesitant at first to call this such an attack now how do you classify something as a terror attack is it method is it victims is it the perpetrator or is it some combination of these things it is absolutely a combination of all of the things that you have mentioned but primarily would look at the civilian victims first victims in general that is outside the norms...
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for now, we're obama for sure of the two, the one deceased brother and the one that they are looking for. but the investigation is clearly widespread right now. >> there are often photos associated with travel documents when it comes to tamerlan. have you seen anything? what did he look like? >> the documents what we've been shown shows him bearded and somewhat reledigious looking if you will. and youtube page where he apparently, according to mike isikoff, posted some jihadist-type, al qaeda-type videos on his own personal youtube page. i brielieve nbc is working to confirm that it's legitimate and it was put up by him. but they are still working to get 100% confirmation but several of the news organizations say that they confirmed that site. >> clearly the photos released by the fbi, he's not bearded. either at some point keeping the beard in order to hide his identity in the future, making it more difficult for people to locate him would be a logical way to think. no? >> i don't want to speculate as to why bearded now and not bearded there. these guys were in the united states for
for now, we're obama for sure of the two, the one deceased brother and the one that they are looking for. but the investigation is clearly widespread right now. >> there are often photos associated with travel documents when it comes to tamerlan. have you seen anything? what did he look like? >> the documents what we've been shown shows him bearded and somewhat reledigious looking if you will. and youtube page where he apparently, according to mike isikoff, posted some...
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meanwhile, president obama has summoned his entire national security team to the white house and is tracking developments from the situation room. as we wait for this press conference, let's go live to nbc's michael isikoff reporting from the scene in watertown where he's been all day. michael, what's the status of the manhunt now and what can you tell us about these homemade bombs that have been recovered? >> reporter: well first of all, we expect to get the briefing of the status any moment now and there are indications that at least some of the information that was given out by police earlier today about the timeline events is going to be revised and we're going to be learning that there may have been some inaccurate information, at least about the origins of this. but we're waiting to hear that and we'll get -- we should get confirmation shortly. but what we have been told -- >> we're seeing some people getting out of the cars now, michael. so we may be near the press conference time. but go ahead. >> right. right. right. but in addition to those seven ieds, there have been additional bo
meanwhile, president obama has summoned his entire national security team to the white house and is tracking developments from the situation room. as we wait for this press conference, let's go live to nbc's michael isikoff reporting from the scene in watertown where he's been all day. michael, what's the status of the manhunt now and what can you tell us about these homemade bombs that have been recovered? >> reporter: well first of all, we expect to get the briefing of the status any...
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dagen: president obama briefed this morning. we are looking at this live breast priest -- press briefing- press briefing. meantime in washington president obama was briefed this morning on the boston investigation. the man had. we go to rich jensen at the white house with the latest. >> reporter: a very fluid situation. the national security staff convening about an hour-long briefing this morning that ended -t about -- probably an hour ago. we were supposed to get a briefing in new from the press secretary, just a regular is scheduled briefing, the daily briefing. that has been pushed off, postponed to a time to be determined. we are learning now also comes from capitol hill. his reporting, is senior source on capitol hill was brief but a national data terrorism center saying that police believed dzhokhar tsarnaev is still in the boston area and it is important they get all the time and do so live because they want to find out if this is something broader. there is another person involved those sources saying it is hard to beli
dagen: president obama briefed this morning. we are looking at this live breast priest -- press briefing- press briefing. meantime in washington president obama was briefed this morning on the boston investigation. the man had. we go to rich jensen at the white house with the latest. >> reporter: a very fluid situation. the national security staff convening about an hour-long briefing this morning that ended -t about -- probably an hour ago. we were supposed to get a briefing in new from...
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. >> one of the tensest weeks of the obama presidency, you had the bombing in massachusetts, at the boston marathon, and then not long after we were trying to grasp that, you had the ricin letters, one addressed to the president of the united states and another one addressed to senator roger wicker on capitol hill. ricin poisonous, that was entirely unconnected. of course, the explosion at the fertilizer plant outside of waco, texas, an extraordinary week. as it's unfolding you don't know if the events are connected or not. a very tense week. by the way, a thoroughly packed week politically. the president's big initiative on gun violence went down on capitol hill. >> let's get to pierre thomas, right now, our chief justice correspondent, we're learning a lot more about the suspects right now, pierre, and one of the points you have been making this morning is the way they handled themselves in the firefight suggests some kind of par military training. >> george, let's re-create what we think happened, firefight, they were throwing grenades or explosives out the car. the suspect who was kill
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who wouldn't after receiving a visit from the first lady, michelle obama talks with aaron hern and gave him this stuffed dog. he faces a long hospital stay but is expected to make a full recovery. >> this morning, runners are gathering in san francisco in a special run to show solidarity with the people of boston. what kind of security will runners face when they get there? >> they have not mentioned anything about security. they foare on showing support for boston. th telling people they have a place to store their bags at the ferry building and moved it to the ferry building because the turnout is going to be larger-than-expected. if you want to run this morning meet at the ferry building at 7:00. this idea played out in oakland last night with 300 runners gathered at snow park and they ran three miles, one for each person who was killed in boston, runners say they feel connected to boston in spirit. >> we are not going to let this kind of thing hold us back. >> they ran in oakland at the park and held a candlelight vigil for the victims. they will run four miles starting at 7:00 this
who wouldn't after receiving a visit from the first lady, michelle obama talks with aaron hern and gave him this stuffed dog. he faces a long hospital stay but is expected to make a full recovery. >> this morning, runners are gathering in san francisco in a special run to show solidarity with the people of boston. what kind of security will runners face when they get there? >> they have not mentioned anything about security. they foare on showing support for boston. th telling...
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i think the point here is for that the obama administration, it is to cooperate with putin. there are four-party counterterrorism talks that happen between our intelligence service, their intelligence service, same with the fbi and sfb. that exchange at the tactical level is going to go on. politically, the administration is going to be careful they don't get caught in a tidal wave. >> let me go to richard engel for another thought. >> the worry is what happens next. look at the al qaeda web forums all day, they are celebrating what is going on in boston. they are talking about how much this is costing the city of boston, how americans are, quote, living in fear, how the city is under siege. they are absolutely thrilled by the images that have been on american televisions today. and there is a concern that this could lead to a copycat. someone who could be self-inspired and with a very small amount of expertise and small amount of money can have a very big impact. >> are they claiming any role? or any solidarity with the action or simply in the result? >> solidarity, certain
i think the point here is for that the obama administration, it is to cooperate with putin. there are four-party counterterrorism talks that happen between our intelligence service, their intelligence service, same with the fbi and sfb. that exchange at the tactical level is going to go on. politically, the administration is going to be careful they don't get caught in a tidal wave. >> let me go to richard engel for another thought. >> the worry is what happens next. look at the al...
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we can also tell you president obama was briefed overnight. on the series of events by lisa moniker, assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism. again, going back importantly to the details, what we do know about these suspects, which we can tell you from our very own pete williams is that they are in their early 20s, they've been in the u.s. about a year, and they have some military experience. that's all we feel comfortable reporting at this point. so, again, massachusetts institute of technology classes are canceled. the mbta transit service, which serves the greater boston area, including of course a lot of major financial firms is shut down on this friday. markets, though, shrugging it off or i should say not seeing any broad fallout. we're seeing a rally shape up in u.s. futures. we're seeing rallies across global markets. sovereign debt is performing well. here is a look at the latest on the dow, the nasdaq and the s&p. hire is a look, as well, as european markets. u.s. "squawk box" will be picking up the story for us as soon
we can also tell you president obama was briefed overnight. on the series of events by lisa moniker, assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism. again, going back importantly to the details, what we do know about these suspects, which we can tell you from our very own pete williams is that they are in their early 20s, they've been in the u.s. about a year, and they have some military experience. that's all we feel comfortable reporting at this point. so, again, massachusetts institute...
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first lady michelle obama gave him a stuffed toy and medal from president obama yesterday. the 6th grader's leg badly injured in monday's marathon bombings. >>> even those who made it out of the boston blast zone unhurt will always carry the scarf what they saw that day especially those who ran towards the danger to help. tracy monroe recalls kneeling down next to a little girl whose leg had been blown off. >> i tried to hold on to her hand and just rub her face and i said, hi, baby. look up at me. look in my eyes. come on, come on, just -- it's going to be okay. what's your name? what's your name? and she just looked up at me and said, "jane." i'll never forget it. >> that little girl jane is now recovering but monroe later learned the little girl was the sister of the young boy, 8-year- old martin richard, who died in the attacks. >>> meanwhile, in texas, there are newly released images of the deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant. [ explosion ] >> huge flames co the stanceprior to that the hpey night. this video here was shot by a college student who was not injured. th
first lady michelle obama gave him a stuffed toy and medal from president obama yesterday. the 6th grader's leg badly injured in monday's marathon bombings. >>> even those who made it out of the boston blast zone unhurt will always carry the scarf what they saw that day especially those who ran towards the danger to help. tracy monroe recalls kneeling down next to a little girl whose leg had been blown off. >> i tried to hold on to her hand and just rub her face and i said, hi,...
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stuart: by the way, president obama is currently being briefed by nestle security officials and by the fbi. we had a stand that the president was kept informed of what was going on throughout the night. he was briefed repeatedly, undergoing another briefing as speak. you're looking in the left-hand side of your screen, that is a small house in, i think it is montgomery village and maryland. that is a house that is occupied by the two terrorists uncle. it was the uncle who was telling the media, speaking to the media earlier that these two people had been in america for ten years. they came here originally as boxers in some kind of sporting capacity. they have been nearly 14 years. last word to you, mr. o'toole. you think this is personal, not international politics. that is respect this in? >> is not my speculation. as simply have to consider that as a possibility because of the fact pattern of this case. stuart: all right. thank you very much for joining us. we welcome your input. two parallel stories. money and terrorism. back in a moment. everybody has different investment objective
stuart: by the way, president obama is currently being briefed by nestle security officials and by the fbi. we had a stand that the president was kept informed of what was going on throughout the night. he was briefed repeatedly, undergoing another briefing as speak. you're looking in the left-hand side of your screen, that is a small house in, i think it is montgomery village and maryland. that is a house that is occupied by the two terrorists uncle. it was the uncle who was telling the media,...
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adam: president obama has been tracking the boston manhunt from the white house. rich edson joins us with more on that. rich? >> the white house at this point says it doesn't want to micromanage the situation going on in boston right now. we do have more information about the older brother, the first suspect killed last evening. tham tam, did according to -- tamerlan tsarnaev, according to u.s. fox news returned from a united states from a trip to russia. the source did not know or could not tell fox news how long he was outside the united states. feds are continuing to chrome all travel and communications connected to the brothers. the elder brother who is deceased last night was out of the u.s. for a prolonged period from early 2012. now the personal angle on all of this right outside of washington, d.c. and suburban maryland where the boy's uncle lives. the news crews caught up to him and he offer ad message to his nephew. >> put a shame on the shame on our families. you put a shame on the entire chechen ethnicity. because everyone now names with the word chech
adam: president obama has been tracking the boston manhunt from the white house. rich edson joins us with more on that. rich? >> the white house at this point says it doesn't want to micromanage the situation going on in boston right now. we do have more information about the older brother, the first suspect killed last evening. tham tam, did according to -- tamerlan tsarnaev, according to u.s. fox news returned from a united states from a trip to russia. the source did not know or could...
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then he and first lady michelle obama met with victims from monday's blast. i am still waiting to hear back from my contact at the white house this hour as to whether or not president obama could be speaking this morning. as of now the daily white house press conference with spokesman jay carney is still scheduled for 9 a.m. pacific. live in washington kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 news. >>> happening now, runners are hitting the streets of san fransisco. it's in honor of the boston marathon bombing victims. ktvu's tara moriarty was right there for the start of the event and out there talking to the participants. >> reporter: the runners took off less than 10 minutes ago. there were about 2 to 300 of them dressed up in yellow and blue in honor of boston and they're running a 4.16-mile down the road here. we're standing on the sidewalk of the ferry building, and they're running down to gear deli square and they're going to be doing a loop and heading back. if you take a look behind me, actually, this is some video of the race. you can see that e running righ th
then he and first lady michelle obama met with victims from monday's blast. i am still waiting to hear back from my contact at the white house this hour as to whether or not president obama could be speaking this morning. as of now the daily white house press conference with spokesman jay carney is still scheduled for 9 a.m. pacific. live in washington kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 news. >>> happening now, runners are hitting the streets of san fransisco. it's in honor of the boston...
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lots of people have stopped by to wish him well including michelle obama. she was with the president in boston yesterday and she stopped by to wish them well. even see family members around aaron at that particular time. aaron was in boston at the time because his mother was running in the marathon. he was running to the finish line and got separated from his father and sister and the blast went off. he was injured and received a superficial cuts on his body. shrapnel went deep into his thigh, possibly into the bone. he was rested his surgery immediately, had a second surgery on wednesday and we are hoping that him back in the bay area sooner than later. it could happen sometime early next week. i talked to the principal and she so proud of everyone getting together and helping aaron. you don't have to be an martinez to help out, a lot of restaurants are doing something. if you like to donate even go to any wells fargo bank and just say aaron ahearn.hern. >> manhunt for the brother that is still on the loose from the bombing on monday. police are looking fo
lots of people have stopped by to wish him well including michelle obama. she was with the president in boston yesterday and she stopped by to wish them well. even see family members around aaron at that particular time. aaron was in boston at the time because his mother was running in the marathon. he was running to the finish line and got separated from his father and sister and the blast went off. he was injured and received a superficial cuts on his body. shrapnel went deep into his thigh,...
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clinton as the vice- presidentf obama. ll start off by touching my view is something is wrong when you say the u.s. is end andn the giving japan is always on the receiving end. must stand tall as an equal and responsible allied to the u.s. hard as ase must walk guardian of international goods, peace, prosperity, and democracy. thatas my grandfather's aspiration. -- japan'scurity security treaty, 1951 in san day,isco he wrote that one japan would work with the u.s. to maintainpartner the national order. 62 years later, that still holds. -- itmy belief hobbs that is my belief that japan has a noble responsibility to bring happiness and democracy in the world. that is why, ladies and gentlemen, japan must regain its economic power. that is why we are working hard to turn around our economy. make no mistake, we are pushing it not only for the sake of economic growth, we are doing aat precisely to make japan reliable ally. in march, we said we will be negotiations. last week, tokyo and washington reached an agreement about some
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first lady michelle obama visited him in the hospital yesterday. it's not clear when he will return home to the east bay. >>> and pg&e is beefing up security at its local substations after a facility was sabotaged. someone ed rifle to shootout five transformers at metcalf substation in south san jose on tuesday. pg&e says the extra security now is a precaution. >>> here's brian with the forecast and i think we're all going to like it, too. >> i think you will, as well. we have some haze around the bay area this morning. you can see that as we look out toward the skyline of san francisco. it's there, believe me. but that's the view from oakland. a little inversion layer means temperatures at the shoreline will cool down. it's 48 in pacifica, 51 livermore. but livermore gains 30 degrees today. forecast high there of 81. 72 oakland. 77 redwood city. 81 in san jose. 65 in the city. look ahead, mid-80s will do it inland. 70s around the bay and along the coast it will be a nice mild week and traffic is coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. we're
first lady michelle obama visited him in the hospital yesterday. it's not clear when he will return home to the east bay. >>> and pg&e is beefing up security at its local substations after a facility was sabotaged. someone ed rifle to shootout five transformers at metcalf substation in south san jose on tuesday. pg&e says the extra security now is a precaution. >>> here's brian with the forecast and i think we're all going to like it, too. >> i think you will, as...
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president obama getting briefed by the homeland security advisor, the aston to the president, in counterterrorism, lisa monaco has been keeping up to date minute by minute, overnight getting the latest which included the information abou boston and watertown getting locked down this morning. we don't have any information about any briefings that are happening. however, i have talked to a number of people up on capitol hill and lawmakers are being briefed early this morning. that includes the current situation in boston as well as what they know about these two brothers and the history. there may be some history that the f.b.i. knows about these two men and how much they know about them, how long they may have been watching them, or they may have been on the radar screen i think is part of some of the things we may learn in the next few hours. it's interesting, and you pointed out with jennifer griffin about chechnya and the islamic radicalism that really has flourished from there. we've heard russia talk about this terrorism from chechnya. but we haven't really talked about how it has been export
president obama getting briefed by the homeland security advisor, the aston to the president, in counterterrorism, lisa monaco has been keeping up to date minute by minute, overnight getting the latest which included the information abou boston and watertown getting locked down this morning. we don't have any information about any briefings that are happening. however, i have talked to a number of people up on capitol hill and lawmakers are being briefed early this morning. that includes the...
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>> senior obama's administration officials surprised in recent weeks with an amended approach to syria. we don't want an outright rebel military victory right now because in the words of one senior official quote the good guys may not come out on top. >> well, if that depends on your definition of good guys. certainly the jihadist the sunni dominated groups, the fighting groups and the opposition most notable on its way to terms of size have recently pledged allegiance to al qaeda. that is a great concern. they are present in 13 of the 14 provinces in iran and are starting to establish municipal services providing humanitarian aid, food, hospitals and sharia law. >> do you think all this might've been avoided if we hadn't sat by and watched it happen? i thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you senator mccain. senator reid. >> thank you very much . chrman and thank you gentlemen for not only her testimony but your service. the issue at front and center is sequestration and i just have a more procedural question. first of all as i understand it your appropriation is part of the defense of he
>> senior obama's administration officials surprised in recent weeks with an amended approach to syria. we don't want an outright rebel military victory right now because in the words of one senior official quote the good guys may not come out on top. >> well, if that depends on your definition of good guys. certainly the jihadist the sunni dominated groups, the fighting groups and the opposition most notable on its way to terms of size have recently pledged allegiance to al qaeda....